Redraft Leagues

In a redraft league owners build their roster from scratch each year. It doesn't matter what the scoring system is, or what the starting lineups look like. Roster size doesn't matter.

Pros: Owners get to start fresh each year. There is a challenge to putting together a playoff team from scratch each year.

Cons: There is no lasting reward for drafting or trading your way into a dominant roster. Unprepared owners are almost rewarded by not having to stick with their mistakes. In the long run, that's bad for them because there is no motivation to get better at player evaluation.

League Size: 10, 12, 14 teams.

Draft Type: Serpentine or auction. Serpentine draft order switches each round 1-> n, n->1. This is the only league setup that I would suggest auction style drafting might be used.

In an auction draft each owner gets a certain dollar amount to spend. Owners take turns nominating players for bid. Highest bid gets the player. When an owner is out of money they cannot bid and must wait for free agency to pick up a player. Why is this the only league type that an auction should be used? In other league types, you get to keep players from one year to the next. If an owner has a great team with few needs, they can spend all their cash on one or two players. This will unbalance the league, as the worse teams will be less able to catch up.

Do not use a regular (1->n, 1->n) draft in this kind of league. It is grossly unfair to the teams at the end of the draft order.

Always randomize draft order. The bad teams from last year are already being rewarded by getting a whole new roster. They don't need guaranteed early picks as well.

Tweaks: Auction cap, IDP, point per catch, flex lineups.